New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
July 4, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1963 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 1, Chicago Cubs 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hickman cf 4 1 1 1
Harkness 1b 4 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 3 0 1 0
Snider lf 3 0 0 0
Cook 3b 2 0 0 0
Kranepool rf 3 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 3 0 0 0
Sherry c 2 0 0 0
Craig p 3 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 2 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brock rf 4 1 1 0
Burton cf 3 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Banks 1b 3 1 1 0
Hubbs 2b 2 0 0 0
Bertell c 3 0 0 0
Rodgers ss 3 0 1 0
Hobbie p 3 0 1 0
Totals 28 2 4 0
New York 000 001 000123
Chicago 100 000 001240
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Craig  L (2-13) 8.0 4 2 0 3 3
Totals
8.0
4
2
0
3
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hobbie  W (4-6) 9.0 2 1 1 2 9
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
2
9

  E–Cook (4), Fernandez (8), Sherry (4).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Banks (15,off Craig).  HR–New York Hickman (8,6th inning off Hobbie 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–1.  SH–Burton (1,off Craig).  Team–6.  CS–Cook (1,2nd base by Hobbie/Bertell).  WP–Craig (3).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:22.
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